[Sca-cooks] Ginger Syrup for "Dayboard"

[Joyce]

Hi Everyone,
  I've  joined the cooks list temporarily, since the fighters out here 
don't seem to be giving us much feedback.
The good news is that I have some ginger syrup soaking as we speak!
I have about a quart of it - I didn't use this recipe, and I haven't tasted 
it yet to see how strong it is, but I can mix it up and see what's a 
pleasing proportion.
--
Gianetta
who actually made the syrup a while ago, because I had some candied ginger 
that was too dry to eat.


At 10:27 AM 5/23/2004, you wrote:
>A prowled through the Florilegium, sneaking through the dark, occasionally 
>surprised by bright flashes of light, finding, among many other useful 
>and/or interesting files Jadwiga's Dayboard Adventure Saga.
>
>This interested me:
>
>>Ginger Syrup:
>>Peel a big hunk of ginger and mince. (About 2/3 c. per batch) Mix 2.5 
>>cups water with 4 cups sugar. Bring to a boil. Add 1 cup lemon juice and 
>>reduce heat. Add several spoonfuls of the ginger. Simmer until reduced by 
>>1/6. Add rest of ginger. Simmer until reduced by about 1/3 from start. 
>>Cool. Strain & bottle. To use, dilute about 8 to 1 with water (or pour 
>>over vanilla ice cream. :))
>
>I'm reading all the references to reduction, but i'm not visualizing well. 
>How much syrup did this make? I read that you made a total of 1-1/2 
>gallons. I just want to figure out how many of these batches i'd need to 
>make to suit the Inter-Principality War... also, i need to find out how 
>many folks generally attend, knowing that, what, may 1/3 will partake of 
>our offerings...
>
>Anahita
>who cooked most of a feast for 150 at home and then took it to the event 
>for another local anomaly - a feast at a Kingdom camping event.